Cricket 1910

4 0 2 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 1 5 , 1 9 1 0 following year when, in Norfolk’ s two matches with Yorkshire, he scored 87 not out and 73 at Norwich and 0 and 153 not out at Sheffield—very large innings for those times. He was destined to be associated regularly for one more season—1835—with Norfolk, and then, in 1836, he was induced by an offer of £100 a year to settle in Town Mailing, in Kent, where he set up in business as a tailor. It was a heavy blow for the East Anglians, especially as Pilch was accom­ panied by William Stearman, of Aldborough, whose batting gained him a place in the Kent Eleven from 1830 to 1840. As though to add to their misfortunes, the County Club also lost their President about the same time, Lord Suffield (who had always sup­ ported the game most keenly) being killed by a fall from his horse. In the circumstances it is not surprising to find the Norfolk Chronicle stating, in May, 1842 :—“ Con­ siderable fluctuation has for the last few years in Norwich marked the practice of this celebrated manly game, and about two years since nothing appeared more probable than its extinction.” At Swaffham, how­ ever, the love of the game was kept alive, and the success of the club there in 1843 must have tended to revive the popularity of cricket in the county. That year Swaff­ ham beat Norfolk at Hendringham by six wickets and in the return had all the best of the draw; they also defeated the strong Cambridge Town Club by four wickets on their own ground and by 47 runs on Parker’s Piece, and overcame Bury, when playing at Swaffham, by six wickets. They were, however, beaten in the return at Bury St. Edmund’s by six wickets, but that appears to have been their only reverse during the season. In 1844 Norfolk again placed a county team in the field, and in addition to beating the Cambridge Town Club by 178 runs on Parker’s Piece, proved victorious in both matches with the M.C.C. —at Lord’s by SO runs, though they had Lillywhite, Hilly, r and Dean to contend with, and at Swaffham by ten wickets. Iu the latter match the County took revenge for the indignity they suffered thirteen years earlier in being dismi.'-sed f<r 11 by getting rid of their opponents for 19 and 32. Such small totals suggest remarkable bowling figures, and reference to the score shows that Fuller Filch took three wickets for one run, Matthew Dapljn five for 25 and Mr. C. Wright nine for 21. Mr. Wright, who thus helped to make history, was a fast round-armed bowler who was often no-balled for his hand being too high : he lived at Lit- cham, where he was a solicitor and coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster in Norfolk. Among the other players found assisting Norfolk in 1844 were Stearman and the Rev. J. F. Fagge, the latter of whom also appeared in the same season for Kent, for which county he possessed a birth qualifica­ tion. In 1844 and 1846 he was chosen for Gentlemen v. Players: he was very fond of the game, and. being in Holy Orders, frequently played under the name of Fredericks. His bowling was often fatal to the Hon. Robert Grimston, and in this connection a story is told to the effect that in a match between the Gentlemen of England and the Gentlemen of Kent, Mr. Grimston, who was bowled by a slow ball from Fagge, exclaimed on his return to the pavilion, “ I wish that Fred Fagge was dead.5’ “ What a bloodthi sty expression ! ” exclaimed one of his friends. “ Well,” replied the Hon. Robert, “ I don’t wish him DEAD, but I wish they would make him a Bishop, so that we should see him no more.” Those who expected the county to repeat their triumphs of 1844 in the following year must have been greatly disappointed, for all their four important matches—out and-home with Cambridge Town Club and the M.C.C. —were lost, three of them by an innings. At Cambridge F. P. Fenner and Charles Arnold, bowling unchanged, got rid of them for 22 and 24, the highest score in either innings being 7 : H. Cornell (53), in fact, made more runs in his one innings than the Norfolk men did in their twenty-two ! That year the eleven brothers Colman formed a side for the first time, their opponents being Norwich in one match and Holt and Let- heringsett in the other. Four defeats were again experienced by the county in 1846, and as a curiosity it may be remarked that when playing M.C.C. at Lord’s four of their men were out hit wicket and three lbw. The chief supporter of Norfolk cricket at this time was the Earl of Leicester, who died last year at the age of 86 and survived the birth of his father by no fewer than 155 years. He was a good batsman—in 1850 he played an innings of 123—and appeared for his county on several occasions. His ground at Holk- ham was always in splendid condition, and many important matches took place there. In 1849 tbe first Holkham Week was held, and in the course of it Holkham beat the M.C.C. by an innings and 14 runs and I Zingari - the latter a four-days match—by 12 runs. Grundy, of Nottingham, who was engaged by the Earl, assisted Holkham in the matches and naturally proved most useful. Of the Norwich ground in 1819 it was said:—“ About three-quarters of an acre in the centre of this ground has this season been newly made, and cricket is again likely to flourish in this ancient city. Mr. Spanton, of the Bell Hotel, is the proprietor, whose spirited management will, no doubt, add considerably to the amusement of this favourite pastime. The size is from seven to eight acres. It is a mile from the Market Place.” In August that year John Lilly- white took an England Eleven to Norwich to play tweuty of the district. Buttress and Grundy took all the wickets of the Eleven, who were beaten by fifteen wickets. Mr. Barnard Colman, with 56, was by far the greatest run-getter in the match. In 1850, Norfolk, assisted by Buttress, beat the M.C.C. at Swaffham by six wickets, that being the only occasion on which the county took the field during the season. Among the notabilia of club cricket that year two occurrences in connection with the Swaffham Club may be mentioned. Playing against Attleborough in July, Mr. W. Marcom, one of the fastest of bowlers, bowled down four wickets with consecutive balls, and in the following month R. Bagge, an elder brother of the better-known T. E. Bagge, had scored 99 against Holkham and was then run out in endeavouring to obtain his hundred. (To be continued.) GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. South African X I., 1909-10 ; the Aus­ tralians, 1896, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s X I., 1894-1895, 1897-1898; Mr. MacLaren’s X I.. 1901-1902; W est Indian X I., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans X I., 1901 and 1907; and M.C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Counties, Wanderers, Stoics, Brom ley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs, and Queen’s Club.— W rite for Estim ates F ree. Telegraphic Address: “ Leotdde , London.*' Telephone; P.O . City 607, 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C. CRICKET IN INDIA. BOM BAY G YM K H AN A v. POONA G YM K H AN A .— Played at Bom bay on August 19 and 20 and won by Bom bay b y an innings and 119 runs. Score :— P oona Gym khana. First innings. Second innings. Capt. Tillard, c Brooke, b Coombs ..............................24 b W atte ..... 1 Capt. Anstruther, lbw , b Coombs ..............................2S b Coom bs ... 67 Clarke, b Coom bs ............13 st B r o o k e , b C o o m b s............ 3 Ward, b C oom b s....................... 0 cW atts, b Coom bs 0 Burnham , c F. F. Stilem an, c Purcell, b Pear- b P h illip s............................... 8 son ............10 M ajor W ood, c Coom bs, b Phillips ... ......................... 1 c and b Purcell... 11 Drake, not out ....................... 2 c Coom bs, b Pear­ son 7 Usborne,c P ow ell,b Phillips 0 b Coom bs ..... 0 W ickham , lbw , b Coom bs.. 2 n o t o u t ......... 10 Rae, b Coom bs ....................... 0 b Phillips ...... 0 Sgt. Martin, c Langley, b c C. G. Stileman, Coombs ................................ 4 b Phillips ... 0 Byes, & c........................... 7 Byes, &c. ... 7 Total T o ta l..........116 B ombay G ymkhana . F. R. R. Brooke, c G. E. D. Langley, b Tillard, b Burnham 33 S. N. Powell, b Burn­ ham ............................. 1 F. F. Stilem an, b Martin .....................22 E. M. F. N icholson, run out ............ ... 32 G. C. Phillips, st T il­ lard, b W o o d ............33 V. E. Purcell, not out.. 100 *Innings declared closed. G. M. Pearson did not bat. Drake .....................44 E. E. Coom bs, c Us- borne, b M artin ... 15 C. G. Stilem an, c T il­ lard, b Burnham ... 1 T. H. Watts, not out.. 3 Byes, &c...............40 Total (for 8 wkts)*324 M rs. J. T. H E AH N E’S X I. v. M r. J. T. H E A R N E ’S X I.—Played at Ealing on Septem ­ ber 7. Score M rs. J. T. H ea rn e’s X I. Mrs. J. T. Hearne, b Burton ..................... 7 Miss M. Thom son Glover, c A. Ilearne, b Litteljohn ............ 11 Miss V. Thom son Glover, c J. Hcarne, b Baker .....................34 Miss M. Brown, b Baker ..................... 8 Miss P. Turner, st Bright, b Burton ... 0 Miss E. Thom pson, c J. Hearne, b Burton 23 Miss D. W eeding, c J. Hearne, b Bruce ... 2 Miss P. Challoner, b Bruce ... ............ 0 Miss C. Peel, run out.. 2 Miss P. Em erson, b J. T. Hearne ............12 Miss J. Rand, b B ur­ ton .............................. 0 Miss M. L itteljohn, not out ..................... 2 Byes, &c................31 Total ...132 M r. J. T. H ea rn e’s X I. E. S. Litteljohn, lbw , b M. Thom son Glover ..................... C. V. Baker, b W eed­ ing ..................... ... A lec Hearne, b M. Thom son Glover ... F. Burton, b W eeding A. E. Trott, b M. Thom son Glover ... C. Bright, b W eeding.. J .W. Hearne,b W eeding J. W. Bow yer, b M. Thom son Glover ... R. S. Hall, b Weeding W. Bruce, b M. Thom ­ son Glover ............ V. S. Farr, not out ... J.T. H earne,b Weeding B yes, &c................. 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